Christams in Camp Sherman

This year we spent Christmas in Camp Sherman with Emily's family. It has been a few years since it has actually been white on Christmas, but this year there was snow a-plenty.

We headed over on the 23rd and were blessed with clear roads the whole way. That gave us all of Christmas eve to just relax with Grandma and Grandpa ("Pa" according to Daniel) Sims, Uncle Evan ("En") and their dog Puma. Although Daniel had his first snow experience last year in Wyoming, this time around he was much more aware of it.

We all bundled up and tried our hand at a little sledding. Daniel wasn't very excited about the snow at first, but warmed up to it over the weekend. It may help that he got real snow boots and a down jacket from Grandma for Christmas, so playing in the snow was more fun after he had the proper attire.
This is the snow suit he wore before opening his presents, and I don't think it kept him warm enough. He got snow down his boots and he did not like that. Although, he did not really like getting snow anywhere at first. He was constantly brushing the snow off himself and us while saying "guck".


After a cold bit in the snow, nothing's better than sitting under a blanket watching a little "Barn" (Barney) with Unlce "En".
Christmas morning was fun, of course. This year Daniel began to grasp the idea of presents and what to do with them. I'm happy enough that he has not gotten obsessed with all the presents under the tree and we hope to keep him from getting "wrapped up" in all that, but it was fun to see him get a little into the opening process.

Our big present to him was this great little piano, which he is having fun with. He also got a bunch of percussion instruments, so our house in now filled the sound of loud, beautiful music.


We played our fair share of Wii sports over the weekend as well. Everyone got involved, including Daniel and Grandma. :)

And of course, who can resist building a snow man with all that snow around? The snow was perfect for it and in no time we had a 6' tall snow man...mouse...thing. I guess we might need a little more practice.